The game always needs more bards ...
And by bards I mean bards who actually play their bards instead of just aoe swarm dotting to 45-51 and then giving up because they can't swarm for xp anymore. It really is such a powerful and versatile class, and very few people play them up to the class's potential. For grouping, they're fantastic pullers, can cc fairly well if played well, can function as stand-in tanks, and provide ridiculous amounts of regen (both hp and mana). For raids with aoes ... they fit perfectly into any other group of 5 that stands to benefit from resists. Pair them with 5 casters and you've got energizer bunny mana regen. Bards are the WD40 of everquest. They're the grease that makes any experience a lot smoother.
But yeah, the game at the raid end could always and will always need more clerics. Especially in classic eq, to get some content done you just need clerics - and lots of them.
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